VG qualify for SL i-League S2 Finals

6-8-2016 16:45

VG.CyberZen have secured their place at SL i-League StarSeries Season 2 Finals by defeating MVP project 2-1 (Mirage 9-16, Train 16-10, Cache 16-2) in the China LAN qualifier's semi-finals.

After Stage 1 of the China qualifier came to an end, eight teams joined four invited sides (TYLOO, VG.CyberZen, MVP Project, Athletico) in Stage 2, played offline in Shanghai.

In the upper side of the single-elimination, best-of-three bracket Bin "⁠Savage⁠" Liu's squad convincingly defeated BOOT, while the only Korean team edged Born Of Fire after a semi-random draw took place to find the quarter-final match-ups.

VG.CyberZen secure a place in the second season of SL i-League

The two winners then faced off in the semi-finals for one of the three spots on offer in the China Finals. VG.CyberZen started on the wrong foot, losing Mirage 9-16, before grabbing their own pick, Train, 16-10.

It came down to Cache, where the Chinese dominated the CT side to ensure a place at the $300,000 Finals taking place from September 7-11 in Nanjing.

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MVP Project	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Hyun-Pyo 'XigN' Lee XigN	47 - 55	-8	72.8	0.92
Soon-Woo 'Argency' Kwon Argency	41 - 51	-10	71.4	0.88
Hae-Sung 'HSK' Kim HSK	43 - 54	-11	74.1	0.88
Hyung-Ju 'Sound' Nam Sound	38 - 57	-19	62.0	0.81
Jung-Hyeon 'rindA' Jeon rindA	37 - 55	-18	55.3	0.76

VG.CyberZen	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
BingYuan 'tb' Li tb	63 - 43	+20	95.0	1.44
KunHua 'LOVEYY' Bai LOVEYY	58 - 39	+19	96.8	1.40
Bin 'Savage' Liu Savage	55 - 41	+14	80.5	1.24
WeiJie 'zhokiNg' Zhong zhokiNg	49 - 42	+7	74.4	1.16
Zhuo 'advent' Liang advent	46 - 41	+5	77.8	1.15

The updated list of participants of SL i-League StarSeries Season 2 Finals is following:

fnatic	G2	Natus Vincere	Liquid
Astralis	Virtus.pro	Ninjas in Pyjamas	TBA
VG.CyberZen	China qualifier	China qualifier	NA qualifier
NA qualifier	EU qualifier	EU qualifier	EU qualifier

SK Gaming have announced their withdrawal from the tournament via Twitter due to Fernando "⁠fer⁠" Alvarenga's health issues. StarLadder have not yet decided who their replacement will be.

The other semi-final between Athletico and TYLOO is scheduled for tomorrow at 06:00 . The winner will go on to grab another spot at the finals, while the loser will join MVP Project in the third-place decider for the last China spot.